Record-making device.



L. S. GHADWIGK.

RECORD MAKING DEVICE.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY15, 1910.

Patented Sept. 5, 1911.

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L. S. GHADWIGK.

RECORD MAKING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 15, 1910.

Patented Sept. 5, 1911.

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RECORD MAKING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 15, 1910.

Patented Sept. 5, 1911.

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LEE S. GHADWICK, OF POTTSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

RECORD-MAKING- DEVICE. in

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 5, 1911.

Application filed July 15, 1910. Serial No. 572,186.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, LEE S. CHADwIoK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Pottstown, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, have invented an Improved Record-Making Device, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to signaling dev ces of the character set forth in my application for patent filed March 17, 1910, Serial No. 549,849, and the object of my invention 1s to improve the means for making records set forth in my application filed April 18, 1910, Serial No. 556,050, by providing means for making dual records, positive and negative, so that when any trip is made a positive record of road conditions in the direction in which the car is traveling can be made, and simultaneously therewith a,

second or negative record can be made available for a return trip over the same road.

My present invention comprehends the use of structures such as are disclosed in my pending applications above referred to, with such additional mechanism as will provide for the mounting and operation of a second record card.

Mechanism embodying my invention and capable of carrying out the desired purpose is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1, is a front elevation of one form of automatic road guide and record making device embodying my invention; Figs. 2 and 3, are vertical sectional views, respectively, of the structure shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 4, is an enlarged sectional view illus trating a detail of my invention; Fig. 5, is a similar sectional view showing the parts in a different position, and Fig. 6, is a view of a pair of records.

As in the applications before referred to, my improved structure comprises a suitable casing 1 containing mechanism for effecting the display of visual signals 2, which may be displayed in an auxiliary or sup 3lemental casing 3 mounted on top of the main casing, although the supplemental casing may, in mostv instances, form part of the main casing. In the present instance, .,the signals are arranged to be raised into view by the coaction of suitable mechanism designed to effect such result. It will be un- (lei-stood, however, that I may employ 0bscuring means normally covering the sig nals and provide means for lifting or displacing such obscuring means so as to bring the desired signal in view, and that the mechanism I have provided may be employed to operate an audible signal, with or without the use of a visual signal.

The mechanism for actuating the signals is controlled by and coacts with a perforated record card, which, in the structure illustrated in the drawings is in the form of a disk, indicated at 4. These card records are carried by a rotatable plate 5, forming one element of frictional clutching means where by the card records or blanks for making the same may be rotatably driven, and having an engaging flange 6. The other element of the clutching means is carried by a gear wheel 7 having a hub 8 journaled on a centrally disposed shaft 9, and the plate 5 is journaled on said hub 8; the latter being turned to form a proper bearing for said plate. The gear wheel 7, which transmits its movement through said clutching means to the card record or blank, is driven at a reduced speed by suitable mechanism hereinafter described which receives its motion from a wheel of the automobile through the use of a flexible shaft suitably connected to a worm shaft 10 having a worm 11 in engage.- ment with a worm wheel 12 (which may have one hundred and forty-four teeth,) or any other suitable number loose on said shaft 9. The flexible shaft is preferably attached to the worm shaft by means of a slotted coupling (not shown). The worm wheel 12 drives a pinion 13, which may be suitably connected to said wheel (and may have twelve teeth), which, in turn meshes with a gear wheel 14: (which may have seventy-two teeth) journaled on a shaft 15 suitably mounted in the casing of the structure. The gear wheel 14: carries a planetary pinion 16 (which may have twelve teeth) revolving around a non-moying gear wheel 17 (which may have thirtyi teeth) and driving a gear wheel 18 (which may have thirtyone teeth) one tooth for every revolution of the gear wheel 14. The gear wheels 17 and 18 are journaled on the shaft 15 and form the familiar paradox gearing. The gear 18 carries a pinion 18 (which may have twelve teeth) and drives the gear 7 (which may have seventy-two teeth) of the clutching means, thus completing the gear reduction. It will be understood, however, that means blank once in 120 miles, but it will be clearly understood that cards for any desired mileage may be provided; the driving mechanism being in proper correlation therewith. The cards may be and preferably are divided by tangent lines 19 into spaces represent-ing one mile, which spaces may be further sub-divided into tenths of a mile, if desired. The plate 5 may be held in engagement with the clutching face of the gear Wheel 7 by a spring 20, surrounding the hub 8 of said gear wheel and interposed between said plate and a collar 21 mounted on'the end of said hub. The driving plate 5 may carry a record-locating-pin 22 for the purpose of positioning and positively driving the record card or blank. As the plate 5 is clutch engaged under the tension of the spring 20, in order that the movement of the record card or blank can be started and stopped at will, I may provide a cam lever 23 suitably journaled in a sleeve 24 carried by the record card; said sleeve surrounding the hub 8 and the spring 20 and projecting through the casing cover as clearly illustrated in the drawings. Normally the clutch may be held in operative engagement by means of said spring 20. This cam, however, may be employed to separate the clutch faces should it be desired to stop the motion of the record card or blank, and for this purpose the cam may be moved to the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1. It will be'seen, therefore, that by the use of this mechanism a tourist can, if he desires, leave the tour as originally outlined at any point;

' stopping the movement of the record card or blank by raising the cam lever 23 to a central position. A tour may be picked up later at the point left, and the driving clutch may be thrown into action by proper movement'of the cam lever. By this means also, a record card can be corrected at anytime. Upon releasing the clutch by raising the cam lever, the record card or blank can be turned either backward or forward, using said cam lever as a crank. This lever is display the signals, visual or-audibleyand 'to hold said points 32 against the rear face of the record card and to efiect further movement of the same when the perforated portions of said card are brought into regis try with said tracers so that said points may enter said perforations.

In the upper portion of the casing of the structure illustrated herein, visual signals may be displayed, indicated at 2 and journaled on suitable shafts 34, and connected to the bell-crank-levers 30 by means of rods 35. These visual signals may be made of light material, colored or not, as the case may be, depending upon the character of the signals and the background afforded by the casing, and the movement of a tracer caused by its spring when the point enters a perforation of the record card is suflicient to actuate the rod connected thereto and moy e a visual signal to a vertical position for observance by the driver of the automobile. WVhen the conditions indicated by the signal have been passed, the continued move ment of the card pushes the tracer point out of the perforation, and such movement of the bell-crank-lever, through the rod described, throws the visual signal down; a movement that may be assisted, if necessary, by a suitable counterbalancing member. This signal operating mechanism is the portion employed with the use of a previously made record card. It is, however, possible for the automobile driver to make records with the use of my improved road guide and signaling apparatus, such records being usually made when going over a new road that is to be subsequently traveled. In doing this, it will be necessary to insert a blank card for receiving the record. To insert such record card, the cam lever is thrown at right angles to the face of the casing, belng retained n th1s positlon by a notch or groove 37, as shown, engaging the ball 25,

and the cover of the casing is slipped off.

:The record cards may be held to the driving plate 5 by a suitable spring clip 41, which used as a crank until the starting point of l the proposed tour comes opposite a pointer a5 at the left of the casing. l/Vhen ready to start, the clutch is snapped into place by turning down the cam lever to show the word On, and the operation of preparing a record can take place.

For the purpose of making these records, that is to say, providing them wit-h means for coacting with the signals or the signal operating mechanism, I may provide perforating or indenting devices for the record cards comprising spring controlled punches having buttons or keys whereby they may be manually operated; springs being also provided for automatically retracting the punches after a card has been indented or punched.

In the present embodiment of my invention the apparatus is arranged to punch positive and negative records, and in the drawing herewith the lower record represents the positive record while the upper record is negative. The upper record is carried in substantially the same manner as the lower record and suitable gearing is pro vided whereby it may be positively driven in unison with the lower record so that any perforation or indentation made upon the lower record will be repeated in the upper record at the proper point for subsequent use. It will be understood, of course, that the upper record is in the reverse position while being punched so thatthe said apertures will be in proper relation when thenegatively punched record is used for automatically throwing the signal. It will be understood of course that a double set of punches will be required, and they operate in substantially the same manner as the punches described in my prior applications before referred to, excepting that instead of a button or key for a direct movement of the punches, I provide levers to actuate the same; such levers being pivoted at suitable points adjacent said punches.

In the drawings herewith the punches are indicated at 50 having levers 1 which are automatically retracted by springs 52. The operating ends for the punches are arranged to engage the record cards opposite apertures 55 in a suitable plate 56 secured to the casing in the same plane as the record driving plate 5 and behind the punches whereby in the case of cardboard or paper record cards, a clean aperture may be readily made, or in the case of a metallic record card, an indentation may be made. The levers are pivoted at 53 and the set of punches for aperturing the negative record are connected to said levers by means of links or rods 54, as clearly indicated in the drawings. I prefer to arrange the signals in the manner in dicated, with the keys corresponding thereto disposed on opposite sides of the apparatus, as clearly indicated, and on the left hand side the keys representing right and left turns are shown adjacent each other as well as the keys representing forked roads and designed to indicate the taking of the right or left forks. Inasmuch as a perforation or indentation in the positive record would indicate the direction traveled when making the record, it will be understood that a perforation or an indentation in the negative record in the same relative position could not operate the pro-per signals when such negative record was employed to indicate the return journey, and to avoid this difficulty and provide records available for proper use, the rods or links connecting the punches for indicating the turns and the forked road condition are crossed, as clearly shown in the drawings, so that when a punch is operated to indicate a right hand turn in the positive record the punch opposite the left hand turn in the negative record will be the one actuated.

In Figs. 4 and 5, I have shown means for effecting slight movement in a rotary direction of the record element carried by the plate 5 for the purpose of advancing the time of engagement of the signal operating lever with the apertures or indentation of said record element. For this purpose the inner portion of the clutching flange 6 of the plate 5 is provided with actuating means comprising a pawl or pawls 6O loosely piV oted and having suitable springs to keep them in the active position. Carried by the gear wheel 7 is an inner flange 62, with teeth 63 on its edge in the same plane as the pawl or pawls 60 and these parts are disposed in such relation that when the clutching faces are separated by the action of the lever 23, the pawl or pawls will be brought into engagement with the teeth 63 and riding on the bevel of the same as they are advanced into closer engagement, the effect will be to give slight rotative movement to the card or cards independently of the driving mechanism. This movement, as is readily understood, may be regulated by the operator in controlling the degree of separation of the clutching elements.

It will be understood, of course, that the mechanism may be employed to make positive and negative records in suitable receptive means other than a disk, such for instance as a card of any suitable shape or continuous bands suitably carried and operated by drums or any other similar or convenient means.

In the present instance, I have shown my apparatus as equipped with ten buttons or keys, controlling as many punches or pairs of punches, and having different indicating marks on their faces corresponding to signals or indicators which may be brought into full view of the operator. These keys or buttons are indicated by the letters A,

ployed in connection with the same:

A. The signal indicated by the button A may be employed to impart the following information: (a) Sharp turn in road 7 right.

at left hand. four corners.

B. The signal indicated by the button B may be employed to impart the following information: (a) Sharp turn to (6) Take first right hand road at four corners.

C. The signal indicated by the button 0 may be employed to impart the following information: (a) Bear to left of road, or left-hand curve ahead. (7)) Take left hand road at fork; or avoid branch to right while on straight road; or take road to left branching from straight road. (0) In combination with (6) under I, means take second road to left at any number of roads or forks branching from a single point.

D. The signal indicated by the button (6) Take left hand road at D may be employed to impart the following information: (a) Bear to right of road; or right hand curve ahead. (6) Take right hand road at fork; or avoid branch to left while on straight road; or take road to right branching from straight road.

E. The signal indicated by the button E may be employed to impart the following information: (a) Danger of arrest, go slow. (6) Speed traps, go slow. (0) Can be used in combination with any of the other signs.

F. The signal indicated by the button F may be employed to impart the following information: (a) Crooked road ahead, use caution. (6) Rough road. Toll gate.

G. The signal indicated by the button G may be employed to impart the following information: (a) Rough, bad road ahead, caution. (b) VVater-bars or culverts in road, caution. (0) In combination with (6) under H, means cross bridge ahead.

H. The signal indicated by the button H may be employed to impart the following information: (a) Go slow under perfect control. Danger. (b) In combination with (a) under Gr, means bridge ahead to cross. 7

I. The signal indicated by the button I may be employed to impart the following information: (a) Railroad crossing to be made ahead. (6) In combination with (0) under C, means take second road to left from branches or forks. (c) In combination with (6) under D, means take second road on right from branches or forks.

J. The signal indicated by the button J may be employed to impart the following information: (a) Straight road through town. (7)) Straight or center road through three forks of the road. (0) Straight road ahead when not in use through town and forks.

-While this will serve to indicate the manner in which the apparatus may be used, it will be understood, of course, that other information may be imparted by the signals just referred to, and that a great many further indications may be made by combination of two or more signs, and by the display of certain signs in rapid succession. If necessary or desirable, a greater or less number of signs can be employed by changing the machine to this extent. In other instances, the visual sign may be a word of warning as Danger Speed Trap Draw Bridge &c.

I claim:

1. In a road guide or signal device for automobiles, the combination of a pair of record elements, independent supports upon which said record elements are movably mounted, means for driving said elements synchronously, and means for independently aperturing both of said elements.

2. In a road guide or signal device for automobiles, the combination of a pair of movable disks, journals for said disks, means for driving said disks synchronously, and means for simultaneously aperturing both disks. 7

3. In a road guide or signal device for automobiles, the combination of a pair of traveling record elements, and means for displacing portions of both of said elements to form permanent records, one of said elements receiving its marks in a position the reverse of the other of said elements.

4. In a road guide or signal device for automobiles, the combination of a pair of traveling record elements, and means for simultaneously displacing portions of both of said elements to form permanent records, one of said elements receiving its marks in a position the reverse of the other of said elements.

5. In a road guide or signal device for automobiles, thecombination of a pair of traveling record elements, means for simultaneously aperturing the same to form permanent records, one of said record elements being disposed in a reverse position with respect to the other record element, and means for operating the aperturing means whereby the mark of one record will indicate a certain signal and the mark of the other record made simultaneously with the mark of the first record may indicate a signal directly the reverse of the first mentioned signal.

6. In a road guide or signal device for automobiles, the combination of a pair of traveling record elements, manually operated punches for simultaneously aperturing the same to form a permanent record, one of said record elements being disposed in a reverse position with respect to the other record element, and means for changing the operation of certain punches whereby the mark of one record will indicate a certain signal and the mark of the other record made simultaneously with the mark of the first record may indicate a signal directly the reverse of the first men tioned signal.

7. In an automobile road guide or signal device, the combination of a casing, a pair of movable cards disposed therein, two sets of punches, means connecting said punches means for operating said punches, the con nections between the same providing for simultaneous action upon each card, certain of said punches having their connection crossed whereby certain signals indicated by one record will have a reverse condition indicated by the second record.

8. In an automobile road guide or signal device, the combination of av casing, a pair of movable cards disposed therein, two sets of punches, means connecting said punches, manually operated means for operating said punches, the connections between the same providing for simultaneous action upon each card, certain of said punches having their connection crossed whereby certain signals indicated by one record will have a reverse condition indicated by the second record.

9. In an automobile road guide or signal device, the combination of a casing, a pair of movable disks within the same, means for driving one of said disks from the moving part of an automobile, a second disk driven simultaneously and synchronously with said first disk, means for simultaneously punching holes in each of said disks, and means for operating said punching mechanism whereby certain of the marks made upon one disk will bear a reverse position with respect to the mark simultaneously made on the other disk. I 10. In an automobile road guide or signal device, the combination of a casing, a pair of movable disks within the same, means for driving one of said disks from the mov ing part of an automobile, a second disk driven simultaneously and synchronously with said first disk, a set of punches for each of said disks, keys for operating one of said punches, rods connecting said set of punches with the other set whereby the lat ter may be operated, and springs for automatically retracting the punches, certain of said rods being crossed whereby certain of the marks made upon one disk will bear a reverse position with respect to the mark simultaneously made on theother disk.

11. In a signal recording device, a disk record, a movable support for the same, means for driving said support including a clutch in engagement therewith, means for disengaging said clutching device, and means for imparting slight rotative movement to the disk record support upon such disengagement.

12. In a signal recording device, a disk record, a rotatable mount for the same,

'means for driving said mount including a gear wheel in frictional engagement with the disk mount, means for disengaging said gear wheel, and means for simultaneously imparting slight rotative movement to the disk mount upon such disengagement of the gear wheel.

18. In a signal recording device, means for mounting a disk record, means for driving the same, a clutch between said mount and the driving means, actuating means ineluding a pawl carried by the disk mount, a ratchet carried by the driven clutching member, and means for disengaging said member, such disengagement bringing the actuating means into engagement with the ratchet and eflecting slight movement of the record disk.

14. In a signal recording device, a disk record, a rotatable mount for the same, means for driving said mount including a gear wheel in frictional engagement with said mount and in positive engagement with the driving means, actuating means including a pawl carried by the disk mount, a ratchet carried by the gear wheel, and means for disengaging the clutching device, such disengagement bringing the actuating means into engagement with the teeth of the ratchet wheel and by moving on the bevel of the same effecting slight movement of the record disk.

15. In a road guide or signal device for automobiles, the combination of a pair of traveling record elements, supports upon which said record elements are movably mounted and means for displacing portions of both of said elements to form permanent records, one of said elements receiving some of its marks in a position the reverse of the other of said elements. a;

16. In a road guide or signal device for automobiles, the combination of a pair of traveling record elements, supports upon which said record elements are movably mounted, means for displacing portions of both of said elements to form permanent records, one of said elements receiving some of its marks in a position the reverse of the other of said elements, and means for manually adjusting said record elements.

17. In a road guide or signal device for automobiles, the combination of a pair of traveling record elements, supports upon which said record elements are movably mounted and means for simultaneously displacing portions of both of said elements to form permanent records, one of said elements receiving certain of its marks in a position the reverse of the other of said elements.

18. In a'signal recording device, a record element, a movable support for the same, means for driving said support including a clutch in engagement therewith, means for disengaging said clutching device, and means for imparting slight rotative movement to the-record element support upon such disengagement.

19. In a signal recording device, a record element, a movable support for the same, means for driving said support including a gear Wheel having a clutching face in frictional engagement with said support, means for disengaging the clutching face of said gear wheel, and means for imparting slight rotative movement to the record element support upon such disengagement of the gear wheel.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LEE S. CHADWICK.

Witnesses:

Jnssn R. EVANS, MARY E. LOGAN.

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